NEWSLETTER |
24th April 2015 Research Funding Opportunities |
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Research Funding Opportunities |
Algal bioenergy special interest group SPARK awards |
Environmental risks to infrastructure innovation funding call |
Fritz Thyssen Stiftung – Fritz Thyssen Foundation |
The Royal Society Wolfson Laboratory Refurbishment scheme |
EPSRC Impact Acceleration Account Knowledge Transfer Fellowships: Secondments to transfer knowledge and expertise linked to EPSRC research between the University and a partner company. The maximum award is £60 000 (direct costs only). Further details can be found atwww.admin.cam.ac.uk/offices/rso/iaa/funding/fellowships/index.html Partnership Development Awards: 3- 6 month pump-priming collaborative research projects within EPSRC remit, with a non-academic partner organisation. The maximum award is £50 000 (direct costs only). Further details can be found atwww.admin.cam.ac.uk/offices/rso/internal/pda/ Presentation for applicants 20th May 2015 Application process The deadline for full proposals will be 22nd June 2015. The bids will be reviewed by a cross-disciplinary selection panel of academics with commercial experience. Funding will be available for projects to start on or after 1st October 2015 and all projects must be completed by 31st March 2017 latest. Any questions regarding the scheme arrangements should be directed to researchstrategy@admin.cam.ac.uk. Expressions of Interest must be received by 1st June 2015 |
Horizon 2020: Societal Challenges |
H2020-BG-2015-1 blue growth: unlocking the potential of seas and oceans |
Norman Borlaug award for field research and application |
Conservation, Food and Health Foundation |
Research in sustainable solid waste management |
Agriculture-nutrition impact studies |
Policy internships |
Sustainable future programme grants |
Talks and Events |
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Internal |
Hidden Histories: Green Museums A panel discussion at the Polar Museum |
African Heritage Challenges: Development and Sustainability Register online at www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/25667 Speaker to be confirmed Friday 15 May 2015, 09:00-18:00 |
The Future Of Sustainable Agriculture:Land Share Or Land Sparing? Part of the Festival of Plants Panel discussion. Friday 15 May 2015, 16:30 - 17:30 Auditorium of The Sainsbury Laboratory (Bateman Street) |
Feeding The World Without Costing The Earth: How Can Agriculture And Biodiversity Coexist? Part of the Festival of Plants Professor Andrew Balmford (Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge) Saturday 16 May 2015, 14:00 - 15:00 Auditorium of The Sainsbury Laboratory (Bateman Street) |
External |
CCCEP Spring Lecture: Copenhagen 2009 vs Paris 2015 - Can the media influence the outcome of the UN's climate change talks? (ESRC Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy, University of Leeds) 12th May 2015, 6pm |
Health, Wellbeing and Education for Sustainability: Lessons for HE from the health professions 15th May, 12.30pm to 2.15pm, RCE Severn event, University of Gloucestershire |
Governance of Coasts and Oceans: responding to rising sea levels and engaging with offshore development |
The Academy of Urbanism Annual Congress- Health, happiness and wellbeing’ 4th - 6th June 2015, Birmingham, UK |
Tomorrow’s City Today: Prospects for standardising sustainable urban development University of Westminster 12th June 2015, 10am – 4.30pm |
Towards a sustainable and legal wildlife trade Organised by the International Trade Centre and the Durrell Institute for Conservation and Ecology, University of Kent, Canterbury 18th to 19th June |
2nd London Annual Planning for Climate Change Conference UCL, 25th June 2015 |
Can Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) work for both people and the environment? Botanical Gardens, Edinburgh 27th to 28th July |
17th Annual Bioecon Conference “Experimental and Behavioural Economics and the Conservation of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services” Call for Papers by 22nd May 2015 13th 15th September 2015 |
Call for Papers: International workshop on ecosystem management and environmental justice: Mapping the linkages International workshop at the University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK 12th to 13th October 2015 |
General News |
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The most recent GFEP global assessment report on "Forests, Trees and Landscapes for Food Security and Nutrition" officially launched at UNFF11 in New York, on 6 May 2015. This report presents the results of the fourth global scientific assessment undertaken so far in the framework of GFEP. It reflects the importance of policy coherence and integration more than any previous GFEP assessment. It comes at a time when the United Nations General Assembly seeks to adopt a set of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) which build upon the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and converge with the post-2015 development agenda. In this context, the eradication of hunger, realisation of food security and the improvement of nutrition are of particular relevance. |
Managing and sharing your research data: Advice and support for University of Cambridge researchers Most research funders (including Research Councils, charities and foundations) have introduced policies on research data management. The general expectation is that data from publicly funded research projects should be appropriately stored and made openly available with as few restrictions as possible. In order to support Cambridge researchers in meeting these requirements, the University is undertaking a broad range of activities aimed at increasing awareness and providing help. Our Open Data team is making presentations and taking questions at open meetings, Departmental meetings, Research Operations Office School meetings and meetings with administrators and librarians, as well as providing online support and information about research data management at www.data.cam.ac.uk. If you would like to know more about the requirements that may apply to your research data, and the help offered by the University, please come to a lunchtime ‘Open Data’ session: http://www.data.cam.ac.uk/open-data-lunchtime-information-sessions-register-now. These sessions are open to all researchers, staff and research students from the University of Cambridge, and they are being scheduled in various locations so that you can choose the most convenient one: in central Cambridge, at the Addenbrooke’s site or at West Cambridge. If you have any further questions, please e-mail the Research Data Facilitator, Dr Marta Teperek, directly. |
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